Archive for month: April, 2013

Have you noticed 23 Sandy artist Heidi Kirkpatrick’s gorgeous work floating around town? 23 Sandy is thrilled that Heidi is the featured cover artist for this year’s Art Source Portland guidebook. This handy, colorful publication is a hot new source for art events and galleries on both sides of the river and can be picked up at locations all over Portland, including coffee shops, hotels, stores and galleries. Find a list of Art Source Portland locations here.

For more expedient information when planning your art outings, visit the Art Source Portland blog. The blog is updated weekly with events, openings, receptions and now even workshop listings. Or, better yet, subscribe to the RSS feed to stay on top of hot happenings.

23Sandy Gallery will be closed April 21 through May 9, 2013 as we take to the road with a big box o’ books. Join us on May 10 when we re-open with FEAST, our national juried exhibition celebrating food and book art.

Mark your calendar for an artist reception for FEAST on Friday, May 10 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Several of our artists will be coming from out of town, so this will be a fun one!

For Portland Photo Month we are featuring two very talented artists, Bea Nettles with her photographic artist books and Mary Bennett, who has created a fantastic installation of vintage 35mm slides in our gallery windows. Stop by on this, the closing weekend of both shows, for a reception to meet these incredibly talented artists.

Artist on Site Event with Mary BennettSaturday, April 20, 201312:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Installation by Mary Bennett

Mary Bennett’s installation currently on view at 23 Sandy from both inside and outside the gallery windows is a fascinating look at the forgotten ephemera of other people’s lives. Bennett explains, “viewing these images taken by people you don’t know, of people you don’t know, in places you don’t know will give you license to free associate and form your own story.” Stop by the gallery on this, the last day of this installation to visit with the artist, who will be on site all day. It’s your chance to ask the artist about the thousands of slides she has collected and the stories she has invented in her own mind.

Sandy Tilcock’s show in the Collins Gallery at the main library in downtown Portland promises to be excellent not only for fans of the book arts, letterpress and literature, but also for any artist who is interested in process. What goes on behind the scenes as Sandy creates her broadsides and books while collaborating with some of the best writers and illustrators of our day? Always a fascinating topic for any artist with much to be learned. Jim Carmin has acquired Sandy’s archives and this exhibition will be a fascinating peek inside the vaults.